Đề kiểm tra học kì I môn Tiếng anh lớp 8 - Đề số 2

Pick out one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
A. late	B. half	C. after	D. hard
A. close	B. no	C. how	D. so
Choose the best option to complete each of the sentences bolow.
Yesterday she received Tom's__________ from his teacher.
	A. report card	B. report call	C. call report	D. card report
The earth__________ around the sun, doesn't it?
	A. is moving	B. move	C. moves	D. moving
She isn't old__________ to be in my class.
	A. so that	B. enough	C. for	D. that
You ofen watch a football match at a__________.
	A. large area	B. performance	C. stadium	D. swimming pool
Are you going to__________ in the summmer activities of our school?
	A. play part	B. take part	C. take role	D. play role
How long__________? -- Since 1980.
	A. do you live here	B. have you lived here	C. have you live here	D. did you live here
I have just bought a ticket. I'm going__________ the movie at 8 o’clock this evening.
	A. to see	B. to seeing	C. seeing	D. see
I'm sorry but I can't__________ chess tonight.
	A. to play	B. playing	C. played	D. play
I think I will do that work__________. What do you think about that?
	A. ourselves	B. himself	C. herself	D. myself
__________ cook dinner for your family?
	A. Used you	B. Did you used to	C. Did you use to	D. You used
Tim's mother is always proud__________ him because he works so hard.
	A. at	B. with	C. of	D. about
What is__________ in learning words?
	A. neccessary	B. necessary	C. necessarily	D. neccessarily
A person who cannot speak and hear is called__________.
	A. a deaf-mute	B. a character	C. a deaf	D. a blind
Many volunteers take part in the activities and enjoy__________ poor people.
	A. helping	B. to help	C. help	D. being help
It's difficult for old people to walk__________.
	A. inside and outside	B. inside	C. upstairs or downstairs	D. outside
We use a __________ to cook rice.
	A. steamer	B. rice cooker	C. frying pan	D. saucepan
My little brother__________ pictures very much.
	A. enjoys to draw	B. enjoy to draw	C. enjoy drawing	D. enjoys drawing
Students__________ their homework after class.
	A. have to do	B. have to be done	C. have to doing	D. have do
Choose the word whose underlined part needs correcting.
She speaks and listens to English very good.
	A 	B 	C 	D
They use to work hark when they were on the farm.
	A 	B 	C 	D
The armchair is in the livingroom, among the television and the sofa.
	A 	B 	C 	D
I use a dictionary so that to learn new words, pronunciation and examples.
	A 	B 	C 	D
He had doing everything without the help of modern equipments.
	A 	B 	C 	D
Read and choose the best option to fill in the gaps.
Can you imagine what life would be (26)______ if there were no telephone? You could not call your friends on the phone and talk to them. When a (27)______ broke out in your house you could not call the fire department. If somebody were sick, he could not call a (28)______. Therefore, we should (29)______ our deep thanks to Alexander Graham Bell, a (30)______, who invented the telephone in 1876.
A. like	B. of	C. for	D. as
A. light	B. fire	C. sunlight	D. match 
A. dentist	B. farmer	C. doctor	D. engineer
A. given	B. gave	C. giving	D. give
A. Dutch	B. Mexican	C. Scotsman	D. Vietnamese
Read the passage and answer the following questions.
We moved into our new house on a warm September day. It was not really a new house; it was hundred and four years old, but it was new to us. The house had running water, gas and electricity, but for some reasons there were no electric lights in the kitchen. It was something quite unexpected: a house with electricity but without a kitchen light. It was quite puzzling because our kitchen was a large room, perhaps the largest in the house. I telephoned for an electrician. He came and fixed it for us. And he charged $86 for doing the job.
 Why was it quite puzzling not to have electricity in the kitchen?
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When did they move into their new house?
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How old was the house?
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What didn’t the house have?
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How much did he charge for the electrician?
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Rewrite these setences as directed.
He is strong. He can carry that suitcase. ( use enough)
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The boy is not old enough to drive his father’s car. (use tooto)
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The doctor said: “You should take a few days off.”
	@ The doctor advised	
She started learning to swim five years ago.
	@ She has	
Lan said “ Please give Tim this dictionary.”	
	@ Lan told	
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